Dambach-la-Ville, medieval city of wine trades

Dambach la Ville

Its history trail, its tourist train and its vineyard trail, invite you to visit this fortified town. There you will find ancient houses, witnesses from all the periods of history and decorated by the coats of arms.

Mentioned as early as the XIth century, Dambach-la-Ville (guided tour) became a fortified Episcopal town in the XIVth century. <br/>As you walk through its lanes, you will come across buildings that bear witness to all the periods of history : half-timbered houses from the Middle Ages, stone Renaissance buildings which saw the organisation of the Peasant War, XVIIth century houses rebuilt after the Thirty Years War, great cellars representing the flourishing wine production of the XVIIIth century. <br/>From Saint Sebastien's Chapel, you can see the granite wall and its three towers, the red tiles of houses huddled inside the ramparts, the vines climbing up the hillsides. There is a historical walk, a miniature railway and the Frankstein Grand Cru wine trail for you to discover here. <br/>The town bustled with wine-related and other crafts and activities which can be seen on the coats of arms decorating the entrances to courtyards : wine-growers, coopers, potters, bakers, smithies, shopkeepers, wheelwrights... <br/>The wine-growing town is also a trading centre where almost 10% of the Alsatian crop are sold.